Burns Family

Burns Family

This information concerns three generations of the Burns family.
1800-2000

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   Andrew Jackson born: (about 1789) in SC/Maysfield, GA/Scotland (?)
married: Elizabeth Watson ( ) in GA
children: Simeon, John Andrew, James Monroe, Andrew Simpson, Harriet Jane [Simms], Melinda Ann [Fuller], William W., Cicero Benjamin, Elizabeth Sarah [Lennard], Thomas Fortson, Richard
died: (September 27, 1849) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA "about 41 years of age"
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA (land donated to church by his widow)
note: His wife's marker states that she was born November 12, 1787, and died September 12, 1885. His marker states that he was born about 1789
   William A.
(Billy)
born: (April 9, 1812) in SC or on the ship from Ireland; blacksmith
married: Luranie Ward (September 14, 1829) in Carrol County, GA?
children: Nancy [Ward?], Seaborn B., Henry Haynes, Samuel C., Mary Ann [Palmer]
died: (March 13, 1887) in AR
buried:
note: He was in Carroll County, GA (1840 census) and Hempstead County, AR (1880 census) after the Civil War; Mary Ann (Polly Ann) was born in Paulding County, GA (October 19, 1845).

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   Simeon born: (about 1818) in GA; remained there
married:
children:
died:
buried:
   John Andrew born: (February 19, 1820) in GA
married: Lucinda Whitson ( ) in
children: Elizabeth J., Mary Ann [Haynes], Sarah, John Whitson, Isabelle [Burns], Judge, Ellen [Munro], Sophia [Thomas] [Bailey], Synthia [Dyke]
died: (October 3, 1918) in LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
   James Monroe born: (April 5, 1822) in GA
married: (a) Eliza Drucilla Burley (November 19, 1848) in Lafayette County, AR
                 (b) Ann Susan Burley (July 10, 1859) in Columbia County, AR
children: (a) James Monroe, Andrew Simpson, Henry F., William Burke
                 (b) Genio, Byron, Frances Cornelia (Fannie)
died: (December 30, 1870); shot to death by Troy Harrison
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
   Andrew Simpson born: (1824) in GA
married: Mary Ann Allen (April 27, 1850) in Columbia County, AR
children: Marcus Cheatam, Louisiana Belle [Fenley], Elizabeth [Dees]
died: (April 5, 1902) in Allentown, Angelina County, TX
buried: Gann Cemetery, Lufkin, Angelina County, TX
note: Andrew S. Burns joined the 18th Texas Volunteer Infantry, Company L, in Elysium, Angelina County, Texas and served for four years. He returned from the Civil War with a leg injury.
   Harriet Jane born: (June 14, 1826) in GA
married: William Britt Simms ( ); he was (1821-1869)
children: William Brittain, Cornelia Izora, Sarah, Elizabeth (1846-1864), Mary C., Harriet Jane, John Thomas (1859-1867), Andrew C. (1856-1863), Lovely
died: (July 21, 1900) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
   Melinda Ann
(Linnie) born: (1828) in GA
married: John Marshall Fuller ( ) in Claiborne Parish, LA
children:
died: (1858)
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
   William W. born: (1831) in GA
married: (a) Nancy Elizabeth Castleberry ( )
                 (b) Eliza Sikes (by 1867)
children: (a) R. Montgomery, William A., Cicero, Obediah Jeter, Elizabeth, Ann
                 (b) Minnie, Cornelia, Mary Etta, and Jesse Monroe
died:
buried:
   Cicero Benjamin born: (December 6, 1834) in GA
married: (a) Mary Elizabeth Jones (May 1, 1854) in Columbia County, AR
                 (b) Sarah Jane Jones (December 11, 1865) in Homer, Angelina County, TX
children: (a) Melinda Jane (1855), Andrew Cisby (1856), Emily Frances [Kimmey] (1857), ◊ Sarah Elizabeth [Jones] (1862) and ◊ William Calvin (1862- he died at age 1 month)
                 (b) Izora Beverly (1866), James Monroe Benjamin (1867-1943), Joseph Champlin (1870), Harriett Ann [Alexander] (1872), Sarah Jane (Jennie) [Nerren] (1875)
died: (January 13, 1906) in Angelina County, TX
buried: Jonesville cemetery, Huntington County, TX
note: He served in Company G, 6th Arkansas Infantry, C.S.A.
   Elizabeth Sarah born: (November 23, 1835) in GA
married: Isaac Lucius Lennard (September 30, 1852) in Claiborne Parish, LA
children: Izora Christina (1857-1934), William T., Lucius Polk (1861-1934), Lecie, Laura Octavia, Elizabeth
died: (January 24, 1920)
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
   Thomas Fortson born: (about 1837) in GA
married: Mary Ann Haynes ( )
children: J. T. and W. B. (males)
died:
buried:
   Richard born: (about 1840) in GA
married: no
children: no
died: (1852)
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA; monument inscription: "he died about 12 years of age"
note: He was listed on the 1850 census as age 10 and "idiotic"
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   James Monroe Jr (children of James Monroe Burns and Eliza Drucilla Burley)
born: (July 7, 1850) in Camden, Ouachita County, AR
married: Mary Elizabeth Bevill (December 28, 1868) in Claiborne Parish, LA
children: Lenora, Benjamin Monroe, James Franklin, Sarah Elizabeth, Lecy Jane, Marshall Bascom, Indiana Lucretia, Samuel Lamar, Thomas Jefferson, Mary Leona, Willie (?)
died: (December 9, 1943) in Springhill, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Spring Branch Cemetery, Taylor, Columbia County, AR
   Andrew Simpson
born: (November 18, 1851) in AR
married: Isabelle "Belle" Burns ( ); his first cousin, daughter of John A. Burns
children: Tina J. (Tiny), John Monroe, Laura, Andrew Clark, Isaac Lee, Lynn, Elizabeth, William Henry, Sophie
died: (December 21, 1946) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
   Henry F.
(John Henry) born: (October 27, 1853) in AR
married: (a) Pollyanna Viola "Linnie" Adams (December 17, 1874) in
                 (b) Sulie Cordelia Allen
children: (a) Joseph Warren, Eliza Jane [McDonald], Fannie [Morgan], Martha [Roseberry], Lola Belle [Perritt], Alberta (Bert) Glass, James Monroe
                 (b) ?
died: (December 19, 1929) in Springhill, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Spring Branch Cemetery, Taylor, Columbia County, AR
   William Burke born: (March 3, 1855) in AR
married: Mary Louise Morgan (September 13, 1874) in Columbia County, AR
children: Della, L. Gertrude (Trudy), Ardis Colie, Oscar Byron, Eva May, Maudie, Tom Paxton, Zula, ◊ Edna Lou and ◊ Edgar Drew
died: (October 27, 1929) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
   Genio (children of James Monroe Burns and Ann Susan Burley)
born: (September 2, 1864) in Shongaloo, Claiborne (now Webster) Parish, LA
married: John Thomas Wilson (February 8, 1883) in Pleasant Valley, Dallas County, TX
children: Ernest Wysong, Roy Monroe, Susie Elnora [Goldston], Nettie, Leona Blanche [Jones] [Williams], Thomas Jarret, Genio Gertrude [Wood], Fannie Sarah [Rector] [Bressie]
died: (August 8, 1937) in Clarendon, Donley County, TX
buried: Citizens Cemetery, Clarendon, Donley County, TX
   Byron
(By) born: (July 25, 1866) in Shongaloo, Claiborne (now Webster) Parish, LA
married: (a) _?_
                 (b) Eurana Ward (?) ( ) in
                 (c) Sarah Belle Sales Sims (October 10, 1904) in McKinney, Collin County, TX
children: (a) none
                 (b) Annie Frances [Knight]
                 (c) none except children of Sarah Belle Sales and John H. Sims: Ewell T., Delbert Loyd, Bonnie [Martin]
died: ( December 11, 1922) of gangrene in Wylie, Collin County, TX
buried: His unmarked grave is in the front yard of a house facing the Allen funeral home across the street from Wylie Cemetery, Collin County, TX
note: On the 1900 census of Dallas County, TX, his daughter is enumerated in the household of Jefferson Wilson Trentham as his niece. Either his sister or sister-in-law was Byron's second wife. I suspect her to be Eurana Wade.
   Frances Cornelia
(Fannie) born: (September 22, 1869) in Shongaloo, Claiborne (now Webster) Parish, LA
married: James Theodore DeGraffenreid (August 27, 1885) in Nelson, Indian Territory (now Choctaw County, OK); possibly living in Paris, Lamar County, TX when she married; his second marriage
children: Susie, Howard Monroe (Bud), Eudora Estelle (Dode), Lula Hannah, Byron Ennis (By), Noble Theodore, Ernest Allen, Oren Lucius, Lee Cruce (Leo)
died: (February 21, 1960) in Oklahoma City, OK; pneumonia following skin graft surgery for burns sustained when her gown caught fire
buried: Antlers, Pushmataha County, OK

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Andrew Jackson	born: (about 1789) in SC/Maysfield, GA/Scotland (?) married: Elizabeth Watson ( ) in GA children: Simeon, John Andrew, James Monroe, Andrew Simpson, Harriet Jane [Simms], Melinda Ann [Fuller], William W., Cicero Benjamin, Elizabeth Sarah [Lennard], Thomas Fortson, Richard died: (September 27, 1849) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA "about 41 years of age" buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA (land donated to church by his widow) note: His wife's marker states that she was born November 12, 1787, and died September 12, 1885. His marker states that he was born about 1789
William A. (Billy)	born: (April 9, 1812) in SC or on the ship from Ireland; blacksmith married: Luranie Ward (September 14, 1829) in Carrol County, GA? children: Nancy [Ward?], Seaborn B., Henry Haynes, Samuel C., Mary Ann [Palmer] died: (March 13, 1887) in AR buried: note: He was in Carroll County, GA (1840 census) and Hempstead County, AR (1880 census) after the Civil War; Mary Ann (Polly Ann) was born in Paulding County, GA (October 19, 1845). ****
Simeon	born: (about 1818) in GA; remained there married: children: died: buried:
John Andrew	born: (February 19, 1820) in GA married: Lucinda Whitson ( ) in children: Elizabeth J., Mary Ann [Haynes], Sarah, John Whitson, Isabelle [Burns], Judge, Ellen [Munro], Sophia [Thomas] [Bailey], Synthia [Dyke] died: (October 3, 1918) in LA buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
James Monroe	born: (April 5, 1822) in GA married: (a) Eliza Drucilla Burley (November 19, 1848) in Lafayette County, AR (b) Ann Susan Burley (July 10, 1859) in Columbia County, AR children: (a) James Monroe, Andrew Simpson, Henry F., William Burke (b) Genio, Byron, Frances Cornelia (Fannie) died: (December 30, 1870); shot to death by Troy Harrison buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
Andrew Simpson	born: (1824) in GA married: Mary Ann Allen (April 27, 1850) in Columbia County, AR children: Marcus Cheatam, Louisiana Belle [Fenley], Elizabeth [Dees] died: (April 5, 1902) in Allentown, Angelina County, TX buried: Gann Cemetery, Lufkin, Angelina County, TX note: Andrew S. Burns joined the 18th Texas Volunteer Infantry, Company L, in Elysium, Angelina County, Texas and served for four years. He returned from the Civil War with a leg injury.
Harriet Jane	born: (June 14, 1826) in GA married: William Britt Simms ( ); he was (1821-1869) children: William Brittain, Cornelia Izora, Sarah, Elizabeth (1846-1864), Mary C., Harriet Jane, John Thomas (1859-1867), Andrew C. (1856-1863), Lovely died: (July 21, 1900) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
Melinda Ann (Linnie)	born: (1828) in GA married: John Marshall Fuller ( ) in Claiborne Parish, LA children: died: (1858) buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
William W.	born: (1831) in GA married: (a) Nancy Elizabeth Castleberry ( ) (b) Eliza Sikes (by 1867) children: (a) R. Montgomery, William A., Cicero, Obediah Jeter, Elizabeth, Ann (b) Minnie, Cornelia, Mary Etta, and Jesse Monroe died: buried:
Cicero Benjamin	born: (December 6, 1834) in GA married: (a) Mary Elizabeth Jones (May 1, 1854) in Columbia County, AR (b) Sarah Jane Jones (December 11, 1865) in Homer, Angelina County, TX children: (a) Melinda Jane (1855), Andrew Cisby (1856), Emily Frances [Kimmey] (1857), ◊ Sarah Elizabeth [Jones] (1862) and ◊ William Calvin (1862- he died at age 1 month) (b) Izora Beverly (1866), James Monroe Benjamin (1867-1943), Joseph Champlin (1870), Harriett Ann [Alexander] (1872), Sarah Jane (Jennie) [Nerren] (1875) died: (January 13, 1906) in Angelina County, TX buried: Jonesville cemetery, Huntington County, TX note: He served in Company G, 6th Arkansas Infantry, C.S.A.
Elizabeth Sarah	born: (November 23, 1835) in GA married: Isaac Lucius Lennard (September 30, 1852) in Claiborne Parish, LA children: Izora Christina (1857-1934), William T., Lucius Polk (1861-1934), Lecie, Laura Octavia, Elizabeth died: (January 24, 1920) buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA
Thomas Fortson	born: (about 1837) in GA married: Mary Ann Haynes ( ) children: J. T. and W. B. (males) died: buried:
Richard	born: (about 1840) in GA married: no children: no died: (1852) buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA; monument inscription: "he died about 12 years of age" note: He was listed on the 1850 census as age 10 and "idiotic" ***
James Monroe Jr	(children of James Monroe Burns and Eliza Drucilla Burley) born: (July 7, 1850) in Camden, Ouachita County, AR married: Mary Elizabeth Bevill (December 28, 1868) in Claiborne Parish, LA children: Lenora, Benjamin Monroe, James Franklin, Sarah Elizabeth, Lecy Jane, Marshall Bascom, Indiana Lucretia, Samuel Lamar, Thomas Jefferson, Mary Leona, Willie (?) died: (December 9, 1943) in Springhill, Webster Parish, LA buried: Spring Branch Cemetery, Taylor, Columbia County, AR
Andrew Simpson	born: (November 18, 1851) in AR married: Isabelle "Belle" Burns ( ); his first cousin, daughter of John A. Burns children: Tina J. (Tiny), John Monroe, Laura, Andrew Clark, Isaac Lee, Lynn, Elizabeth, William Henry, Sophie died: (December 21, 1946) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
Henry F. (John Henry)	born: (October 27, 1853) in AR married: (a) Pollyanna Viola "Linnie" Adams (December 17, 1874) in (b) Sulie Cordelia Allen children: (a) Joseph Warren, Eliza Jane [McDonald], Fannie [Morgan], Martha [Roseberry], Lola Belle [Perritt], Alberta (Bert) Glass, James Monroe (b) ? died: (December 19, 1929) in Springhill, Webster Parish, LA buried: Spring Branch Cemetery, Taylor, Columbia County, AR
William Burke	born: (March 3, 1855) in AR married: Mary Louise Morgan (September 13, 1874) in Columbia County, AR children: Della, L. Gertrude (Trudy), Ardis Colie, Oscar Byron, Eva May, Maudie, Tom Paxton, Zula, ◊ Edna Lou and ◊ Edgar Drew died: (October 27, 1929) in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA buried: Old Shongaloo Cemetery, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, LA
Genio	(children of James Monroe Burns and Ann Susan Burley) born: (September 2, 1864) in Shongaloo, Claiborne (now Webster) Parish, LA married: John Thomas Wilson (February 8, 1883) in Pleasant Valley, Dallas County, TX children: Ernest Wysong, Roy Monroe, Susie Elnora [Goldston], Nettie, Leona Blanche [Jones] [Williams], Thomas Jarret, Genio Gertrude [Wood], Fannie Sarah [Rector] [Bressie] died: (August 8, 1937) in Clarendon, Donley County, TX buried: Citizens Cemetery, Clarendon, Donley County, TX
Byron (By)	born: (July 25, 1866) in Shongaloo, Claiborne (now Webster) Parish, LA married: (a) _?_ (b) Eurana Ward (?) ( ) in (c) Sarah Belle Sales Sims (October 10, 1904) in McKinney, Collin County, TX children: (a) none (b) Annie Frances [Knight] (c) none except children of Sarah Belle Sales and John H. Sims: Ewell T., Delbert Loyd, Bonnie [Martin] died: ( December 11, 1922) of gangrene in Wylie, Collin County, TX buried: His unmarked grave is in the front yard of a house facing the Allen funeral home across the street from Wylie Cemetery, Collin County, TX note: On the 1900 census of Dallas County, TX, his daughter is enumerated in the household of Jefferson Wilson Trentham as his niece. Either his sister or sister-in-law was Byron's second wife. I suspect her to be Eurana Wade.
Frances Cornelia (Fannie)	born: (September 22, 1869) in Shongaloo, Claiborne (now Webster) Parish, LA married: James Theodore DeGraffenreid (August 27, 1885) in Nelson, Indian Territory (now Choctaw County, OK); possibly living in Paris, Lamar County, TX when she married; his second marriage children: Susie, Howard Monroe (Bud), Eudora Estelle (Dode), Lula Hannah, Byron Ennis (By), Noble Theodore, Ernest Allen, Oren Lucius, Lee Cruce (Leo) died: (February 21, 1960) in Oklahoma City, OK; pneumonia following skin graft surgery for burns sustained when her gown caught fire buried: Antlers, Pushmataha County, OK